Preharvest zinc sulfate spray improves the storability of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) fruits by protecting the cell wall components and antioxidants of pericarp.
Tao LuoJiajia NiuXiaomeng GuoHuitao WuDongmei HanLiang ShuaiZhenxian WuPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2018)
Higher Zn content in the ZnSO4 -treated longan pericarp might help to enhance the resistance against microbial infection, inhibit the hydrolysis of cell wall components, and thus effectively protected the cell wall components, maintained the cellular compartmentation, and prevented the phenolics and flavonoid from degradation by browning-related enzymes. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.